Boreopeltis is an extinct genus of plesioteuthidid cephalopod, with 4 known species.
Species
Boreopeltis helgolandiae (Engeser & Reitner, 1985) from the Aptian of Helgoland, Germany.
Boreopeltis sagittata (Naef, 1921) from the Tithonian-aged Solnhofen Formation of Germany. Boreopeltis smithi (A. Fuchs & Larson, 2011) from the late Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation in Lebanon, potentially Santonian of Sahel Alma, Lebanon. Boreopeltis ifrimae (Fuchs, 2021) from the Turonian-aged Agua Nueva Formation of Vallecillo, Mexico, has a gladius length of 47 centimeters and is the second-largest known plesioteuthidid after Eromangateuthis soniae.
Formerly assigned species Eromangateuthis soniae Fuchs 2019 (previously Boreopeltis soniae Wade, 1993)
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